[W124] Wire harness

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When I first purchased my E320 convertible it had many electrical gremlins - dash dials wouldn't always register, windows were slow to respond, ect...   I noticed that somebody had installed aluminum fuses in the copper fuse box.   Copper doesn't play well with other metals.   I bought a whole set of copper fuses for Mercedes, pulled the old fuses out, cleaned the contacts w/ a Q-tip and electrical contact cleaner, installed copper fuses and all has been great since. 

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From: brian jones <bfargin at yahoo.com> 


> Mike, 

> I was in Pittsburgh (in school) when I had it replaced 

> (2002). It was like 900 bucks at the time (if I remember 

> correctly). That 1600 dollar price recently mentioned made 

> me jump. 

> 

> I was having intermittent electrical gremlins on the 

> cabriolet. Cruise wouldn't work and then it would, etc. I 

> was hoping it was the fuse problem that some people have 

> had but I changed them all and it didn't help. So took it 

> in and he showed me how the harness was starting to fail, 

> insulation would just flake off in places. Anyway I had it 

> changed and all was good after that. 

> 

> I've heard good things about the gentleman in Franklin that 

> has the Indie shop but I don't have personal experience 

> with him (forgot his name as well). I bought the coupe new 

> at Middle TN Motor Cars but they have since moved and 

> changed names. It seems now the dealer is so used to the 

> new plug and play cars that they don't really know how to 

> diagnose and fix cars like ours. With the newer cars they 

> just read codes and swap out expensive components. The 

> dealer in PA tried to play that game of just trying 

> different parts when my MAS went out on the coupe. 

> Thankfully I found out about the indie up there who 

> identified the issue in less than an hour and changed out 

> my MAS which fixed my engine surging problem. 

> 

> Check fuses first (like many on this board have mentioned 

> in the past). Even if they look good you might replace them 

> all (cheap and will then eliminate that possibility). If it 

> is the harness get quotes from a couple of places. 

> Cheers, 

> Brian in TN 

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